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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
The PrOof IL Here

Charles III. Jones, editor of the Times
Union, has denied emphatically the ex-
istence of a bargain or compact between
himself and w. ID. Bloxham affecting
the disposal of official patronage, and
looking forward to future attacks on
Senator Call. We publish this morning
the affidavit of Austin S. Mann. Senator
from fernando County, where Jones is
convicted by his own mouth of the foul
est falsehood-possibly also of political
conspiracy as foul as the brain of man
ever Matched.
Is Bloxham innocent? Jones said
the agreement was down lin black
and white Why did Bloxham
write a letter to Jones asking. "how in
hell the bargain leaked out?" Why did
not Bloxham deny it before? Why
should Jones wax so vehement and vent
his disappointed spleen in such foul
terms?
Next must fall others who have been
associated with these master spirits in a
campaign of unparalleled defamation
and abuse. Where is Lex
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
The Senatorial Contest.

We must protest against spirit which
attempts to saddle both sides of a ques-
ton with the sins or mistakes of one.
The Cedar Key Fie,o is '.sorry to note
that bitter and vindictive feeling is be-
ing infused into the Senatorial contest. ;"
We respectfully submit that the bitter
ness has been all ON one side. There has
been no anonymously" ON the part of
Perrys supporters. Full justice has al
ways been done Bloxham have only
asked that a full investigation of all the
transactions with the Disston company
be made public; have we not that right !?
Are we guilty of the LEX" letter?
When charges have been made against
Governor Perry a full exposure has inn
mediately been made-the crouching
enemy was unearthed and the falsity
of the charge made manifest. When
Bloxham was charged with dis
reputable dealing with c. III. Jones
there was nothing in answer but
a series of brazen assertions from a
party whose past ruled his evidence out
VI SouAt-NHoit hsii ti-
ready stamped Bloxham's only defender
al liar" beyond peradventure. When
the Times Union publishes defamation
by the yard it does not even lend its
creature the poor support of its editorial
endorsement-when the Reporter
charges a corrupt bargain between Jones
and Bloxham there comes only reply
which would be creiitable in Billings
gate.
The difference Is this-anonymous
met in the full light of day and entirely
refuted by accredited testimony
affecting Bloxham by reputable parties
have not been sqadreiy met mp TO date.
There has been no shuffiing or evasion
on Perry's side.
The Tunes Union threatens a private
citizen with an exposure" unless his
tongue is silent on the 'Bloxham-Jones
compact" Who is that citizen into
whose prirate life the Times Union
threatens to dart its envenomed pen
John G.. Sinclair. of Orlando. whose use
full career among us is pure and beyond
reproach-whose fame in his nativ,
State is high as the highest, whose con
nection with public affairs has beer
stainless, and whose name commands NJ
spect throughout the State. What ha
he done? Exercised the privilege of ;
citizen in criticising public men ant
public measures. Who threatens him
One whose hypocricy implores the man
tie of charity from which he thrusts TIN
poisoned dagger of Islander. One of tn
first citizens of the State writes u
Jones has made the mistake of his lif
in attacking John G. Sinclair" Is it no
foul crime IA wells
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
Our New Navy.
New York World.

The wisdom of Congress and the bus
mess sense of Secretary Whitney are
both vindicated by the result of the AL
refreshments for the two new war ships.
Designs We're received from ten compet-
itors for the S15,0O0 prize. These in
Guided two from our own Bureau of
Construction. one from Lieut.. Chambers,
of the navy. one from Naval Construc-
tor Pook. two from private citizens. three
from English shipbuilders, one from
France and one from New Zealand.
This is surely better than to have con
fined the competition to our own coun-
try. Ii Is possible that the native de-
signs may prove the best. We certainly
hope So. But it would be an absurd per
version of patriotism to depend on
American designers alone. when an En-
glish or French engineer had planned a
ship that would outrun or Outright the
native product. An American Board Is
to pass upon the different designs. and
can be relied on to give home talent due
consideration. But the true policy is Ia
get the best
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
New York World.


Cardinal MaZarin little imagined when
he presented Louis XIV. with certain
diamonds for the royal crown of France
that two centuries or more afterwards
they would be advertised for sale at pub
lie auction in the New York World. Yet
seven of these precious stones and thous-
ands of others, in all kinds of combine
tiOns and settings. which once adorned
the persons of the French ROYALTY. are to
be sold ON March 12th. on the ground
where the Tuileries stood until il disap-
peared from the scene with the last of
the French monarchs.
The royal jewels of France. with "A
few exceptions, are To he scattered on
the date named among the highest bid
ders. And these stones once partouk of
the divinity" which was formerly sup
posed to hedge a king" The divinity
certainly has no market value now,
though the historical associations ought
to have Some of them We're worn bv
Eugene, some by Josephine, some 10y
Marie Antoinette, some, and perhaps the
same as those Just mentioned. by Pom
padOur and DuBarry. Some NAV have
| sparkled on Margaret of Anjou and upon
Catherine de Medici. All of them shone
at the cOrOnatiOns of kings. and many
are associated with conquest and rapine,
And vet those who vii! wear them
when the sale Is over. Will be no more
and no less men and women than those
whom they have hitherto adorned
Crown jewels they will he no longer
with the exception. possibly. of "A few
| which may be- bought by agents of ex-
| isting monarchies. But they will feed
| the same human vanity and gleam as
resplendently ON the bosoms of the
wives and daughters of our railroad
| gold mine, petroleum, pork and cotton
seed oil magnates as the head-piece oi
/ lie Grand Monarque or ON the breast oi
/ his consort. The chances are that MANY
| of them will come To America. TIL,
breaking up of the collection is typica
of the fate of the artificial degrees al
rank and of the humbug of authority
by divine right, which the gems wer,
used to symbOlize.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

John T. Graves, of the Florida Herald,
and j. j. Harris, of the Sanford Journal.
can now regret the association into
which they We're forced by the circum-
stances surrounding position assumed
in all sincerity and with the purest mo-
tives. Since Mr.. Graves eyes were
opened, some weeks ago, he has been
silent. DIR. Harris would have been
silent, too, as we advised him to be, had
he known enough. But the robes of
these two gentlemen came forth I'M
smirched; on them hnger not the slight
est faint of the uncleanness which has
fallen upon their cause.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Savannah News.

1t seems that the well conducted bar
rooms comply with the Sunday closing
law. but the very places that is most inn
portant shall be- closed remain open \
large sum is paid annually by the people
for a police force, and they have right
to expect that the ordinances will BE- Ell
forced. Ii is the duty of the police Ia
see that the bar-rooms are closed on
Sunday, but are they closed: Let them
do their duty faithfully and conscien-
tiotIsly 1t is no business of theirs
whether the violatOrs of the Sunday or
dinance are punished or not If they do
their whole duty the public will not
blame them for any failure to properly
punish the vioIators that may occur.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
THE DAILY NEWS

TIE DAILY NEWS IL published every morn
inR except Monday, and delivered by carriers
in the city, or mailed, postage free, So for three
months, 81 for six months, or 50 per annum.
column paper, published every Friday, con-
tanning all the news of the week, local and
xanersl 1t il the largest and handsomest
weekly paper published in Florida, and will be
mailed, postage free, for 81 year, or 80 cents
for six months. Specimen copies free 10 any
address.
Local advertisements, 30 cents per line Tor
first insertion, and 10 cents per line for each
additional insertion. Special notices, 10 cents
per line. Reduced rates on continued adver-
tisements.
All advertising bills become due pro rata
every month. Special and short-tme payable
IN advance.
All remiSsances should be mfde by express,
money-orler or registered etteI.
Address, THE NEWS,
PALATKA FLORIDA.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Some of the colored men among us
think quietly and fully appreciate the
situation. Let both sides put down the
mouthing ranters who only lead to dis
cord and disorder. At bottom the great
hearts of both races beat in unison, and
the New South with all it's prosperity
and still more splendid promise for the
future is the work of both-an abiding
monument to the good understanding and
harmonious relations between the two
races
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

1t will be seen in our Geographic col
umns that prominent railroad authorities
in Philadelphia, believe that the suspen-
sion of the long and short haul of the
Interstate Commerce law, will, in the
end, destroy the efficiency of the whole.
Opinions differ throughout the country,
but a momentous experiment is being
tried before our eyes and materials for
the future industrial history of the
United States will accumulate rapidly
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Frank Winn, a precociOus young col
ored boy of Dallas. Tex. has shown CON
siderable inventive skill, and many of
the more superstitious of his race think
that he is in league with the devil. Last
week some of the credulOus blacks tried
To- rout Satan out of the young inventor :
dwelling by mailing up the door and sus-
pending before il strands of hair tied
around bits of broken glass. To clinch
the argument with the black tiend they
tackled a horseshoe on the Intel Of the
door and attached Il precious rabbits foot
To the. knob
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Deacon White. of Wall street who 10
to deliver an address at Knox College
commencement in June. Is an alumnus
of that college. He went to Galesburg
early in the sos, and by teaching school
and turning n penny in other ways
worked his way through. While at the
college he made some original researches
in astronomy, developing the taste that
has caused him to fit up an observatory
in his home on Columbia Heights
RrnDklyO
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
He Got There. Alice Samee.

NV
Even at the risk of beng thought
cruel, we feel il a duty to touch the hal
loon of heated Democratic hopes with
the remorseless steel of fact Ii il one
thing to run for Governor of New York.
1t is another to run for President. The.
last man that tried the experiment saw a
majority of $4,000 dwin,lle Ia a plural
ity of less than .2p.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

The Cincinnati Enquirer says that the
Interstate law comes particularly hard
on the circus people. and it is reported
that the managers will raise a purse of
x1o. 200 to test the constitutlonallty OF
the law. Ii Is proposed To engage the
Hon. Allen q. Thurman to look after
their interests.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Jones supports Bloxham because he
has always been somebody's tool, and
Gov Drew, the old Roman, answers
''Florida's representative in the Senate
should not be anybody's toolr' How
this marks the difference between the
two men,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
Differs With theT.-I.
sanford Journal

Ii does not seem Ia Us at all question
whether or not Lieut.-Ciov. Mabry Is en-
titled. under the new constitution. tn
continue in the discharge Of the duties
of the office To which he was elected CON
ternporaneouI-ly with Gov. Perry. or to
succeed the Governor for any unexpiresi
portion Of the term. should Gov. Perry
for any reason cease to hold the office.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
Change the Bill OF Fare.


Four times has Governor Hill nomi ma
ted Republicans to be- Railroad Commits
sioner in place of O'DOnnel. Four times
have the Republican Senators Indicated
their opposition tn confirming these Re
pubIicans. Try a Democrat next time
Governor.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
PALATKA. FLA. APRIL 3. 1887.

Jacksonville was included in the sus-
pension clause by the Interstate Com
missioners yesterday with Fernandina,
gainesville. Baldwin and Callahan.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
A. Seen From Afar.

As seen through a spy-glass, John
Sherman's Presidential bee. now sway
ing on the topmost bough of Ohio's tall
est sycamore seems a bit bigger than a
jaybird- but not quite as big as the great
American eagle.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08
- LAKE HELEN is FIVE MILES FROM DelhKo.
In the Circuit Court Of the Finh Jul
diciai Circuit Of the State Of Flor

- 80
Jane r. Grif,i ng and others. e'>ue-
Ii appearing 10y affidavit 6!ed in this cause
that the defendants. Jane X. Grifiing, Charles
Il. tiriftng, Kate 7. Dyke, j. II. Harlow,
Mary h Harlow. II. :. Deveau, and
Coe u. Smith are all of them resi0Ing
out of the stare of Florida; and that
the defendant. Charlotte f.. Haulerson and
stephen H. Raulerson, are residing out of the
Fifth Judicial Circuit of the = ste of Florida
aforesaid: It is therefore ordered that said de
PENDANTS. and each of them. 10 appear and
lead. answer or demur to the bill filed in this
cause. on or before the first Monday in June.
i ID. 1887. otherwise the said hi stall lie Ia ken
as confessed
And IL i directed thar tins notice lie forth
with published in th. Palatka Daily News,
newspaper printed and published la palatku,
fiort' a. once n week To- four months sue
ee-sively.
Witness my hand and official seal this fifth
day of January. AID. 1sss.
WM Y. FORW ARD,
ja.-4mE Clerk CiIcuit Court
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

Our readers will be- interested in not
ing the value of the railroad property in
our county. The following figures are
taken from the Comptroller's report, and
represent only a small part of the capital
brought among us by these corporations:
Putnam county
Main track, four
miles, at 49,. sE.1 sIa.u0W
Pro rata value of
rolling stock a,sa 90 iI.>. "a
PAIarKA AND INDIAN RIVER RaTLso AZ
Putnam county
Main track 2l1
miles. at s6,o0 sI5l,G10
Side track. 80
miles, AZ .-...- 3,6no 5,iOo ca sI58,ssn ON
JACKsoSvnLE, TAMPA AND My WEST RAIL
ROAD.
Putnam county
Main track. II
miles. AT s'.o" si6,"o I"
Pro rata value
rolling stock S;sSl IL Sl;SI, li3 IL
FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILROAD.
Main track. so
S, niles, at sac" slasdo "
/ Pro rata value
rolling stock r.,Ol0 al sl6s, 30 81
| This shows a grand total of $I6S.-
/ 5+4.a6 which the railroads have brought
among US. and subject to our tax laws.
The indirect good done is equally
| tangible. and. of course, would foot uI
much higher. Besides there is much
other property owned by those who have
become interested in the roads. anG
through them in the State.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

A Justice of the Peace in a West Viz
ginia village fined a fisherman heavily
for insisting in the course of trial be-
fore the sapient magistrate that the
moon had something Ia do with the ebb
and flow of tides.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

In a row at a colored restaurant in
Jasper Last week, James Potter was So
riously shot by Carolina Jones All the
parties are colored. Jones is under ar
rest for the. crime.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-08

New York World
ParneIl wasn't at the Academy last
night, but the spirit of freedom was.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-21
Good Temper in Women.

No trait of character is more valua-
BILE in woman than the possession of
a sweet temper. Home can never be
made happy without it. 1t is like the
flowers that spring up in our pathway,
reviving and cheering us. Let man
90 home at night wearied by the tolls
of the day, and how soothing is word
dictated by a good disposition! 1t is
sunshine falling on his heart. He is
happy and the cares Of life are forgot
ten. A sweet temper has a soothing
influence over the minds of the whole
family. Where it is found in the wife
and mother you observe kindness and
love predominating over the natural
feeling Of bad heart. Smiles, kind
words, and looks characterize the chill
dren, and peace and love have their
dwelling there. A sweet temper Is
more valuable than gold; it captivates
more than beauty, and to the close ot
life it retains all its freshness and power.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-21
LOVE IN BOHEMIA.
BY THOMAS S. COLLIER.

0, lay your head on my arm, .Lisette;
Have care, ere your little feet get wet,
The dew is bright on the bending grass,
And the nightingales pipe, ALIAS! Alas!"
AS theV see the rose in the damaSk rain
The gardens emerald border stain.
Cling close with your slender hand, Lisette,
For sweet with kisses we can't forget
Are the star-bright hours that brought us
here
A week ago-or was it year?
Did not my life in the old days hold
Your lips caress and your hair Of gold?
Cling closer and fonder still, Lisette,
For the night-bOrn glamour rules me yet
The spell that came when your drifting
boat
Saw the snowy gleam of your petticoat,
And Love his arrows did through me shoot
From the ambush of dainty book.
0, winsome, bonnie and glad !isette,
I've buried life'S useless care and fret
In the red Of lips whose fragrant breath
Is sweet as the lily that lures to death
The butterflies with their iris wings
And amOrOuS bees with golden rings.
Yes, lay your head on my heart, Lisette;
It's yellow mesh is the Gordian net
That holds ME fast as the nymph of old
The radiant charms of Hylas held;
And out from the past to sunlIt plains
| float, bound thus in your arms warm
chains.
Who gathers your supple form, Lisette,
Owes beauty never balanced debt.
What! All your glory and joy are mine :
HO! garcOn two TASKS of amber wine
Who holds your love at his SOULS command
Is King, indeed, of royal land
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-21

will hereafter be known as the AmerI-
can Magazine. The publishers inform
me that the change will take place on
the Il tn inst, when first edition OF
5000 copies of the May number will
be issued. Mr.. W. {. Wykoff is the
editor.
| hear on good authority that the
Rev. Dr. McGlynn has written book
ofpoems called s'America,' by ''Henry
Hamilton" They are very fine, and
bear marks Of Mr.. Georges correc-
tons.
G. 2. Putnam's Sons, one OF our
foremost American publishers have
added to their series on the "Ques-
tions of the Day." study of the
growth of american State ConShta-
hons, by Henry Hitchcock, Ii D., and
a study of tile Inter State Commerce
Act by John X. Dos Passos. would
advise all who are interested in the op-
erations Of the last named act to pro-
cure a copy of Mr.. Dos Passos little
book. 1t embraces a history of the
law, an analysis of its different pro-
visions, as we'll as other matters con-
nected with the subject. l am told,
that they will announce in very few
days a work which will probably be
entitled, The American Electoral
System Its character and its His
tory" By Charles A. O'Neil, Of the
New York Bar. A. ROSCOWER.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-04-21

veloped his animal nature and his lust
full appetites. Excess in youth, in re
gard to animal indulgencies, is bank
ruptcy in old age.
"For this reason l deprecate late
hours, irregular hours or irregular
sleep. People ask me frequently, dc
you think that there is any harm ir
dancing?' No l do not. There i.
much good in it. do you, then, OBJ,
ject to dancing parties?' No; in them
selves | do not. But where unkni,
youth, unripe muscle, unsettled and
unhardened nervs are put through an
! excess of excitement, treated with slim
ulants, fed irregularly and with un-
wholesome food, surrounded with gay
ETY. which is excessive and which is
protracted through hours when they
should be asleep, object, not because
OF the dancing, but because of the dis
sipation. 1t is taking the time that
unquestionably was intended for sleep,
and spending it in the highest state OF
exhilaration and excitement. The
harm is not in the dancing itself; for if
they danced as do the peasants, in tine
open air, upon the grass under the
trees, and in the day, it might be COM
mended, not as virtuous, but as still
belonging to those negative things
that may be beautiful. But the was
sail in the night, the wastefulness-l
will not say of precious hours, for
hours are not half SO precious as nerves
are-the dissipation, continued nightly
and week after week through the whole
season, it is this | deprecate as eatinig
out the very life. | am not superstl-
tious of observances, but | am always
thankful that there are forty days Of
Lent in the year when folks can rest
from their debauches and dissipations;
when no round of excessive excitement
in the pursuit of pleasure is permitted
to come in and ruin the health and
cripple the natural powers of the young.
II rejoice to say that was brought
up lolH my )ou'h " ao"'"lh iiohi "
bacco. 1t is unhealthy; it is filthy
from beginning to end. In rare cases,
where there is already some unhealthy
or morbid tendency in the system, it
is possible that it may be used with
some benefit; but ordinarily it is un-
healthy | believe that the day will
come when a young man will be proud
of not being addicted to the use of
stimulants of any kind. l believe that
the day will come when not to drink,
not to use tobacco, not to waste ones
strength in the secret indulgence of
passion, but to be true to ones nature,
true to Gods law, to be sound, robust,
cheerful, and to be conscious that these
elements of health and stength are de
rived from the reverent obedience OF
the commandments of God, will be a
matter of ambition aid endeavor
among men,"
HENRY WARD BEECHER.